Stand or support for loose-leaf books, &amp;c.



W. H. KIDDER; ST AND 0R SUPPORT FOR LOOSE LEAF BOOKS, &c.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

STAND OR SUPPORT FOR LOOSE-LEAF BOOKS, 860.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

Application filed November 10, 1914. Serial No. 871,229.

To all whom it mayooacem:

Be it known tl12tt i,"l VELLINGTON II. Kro- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Roosevelt, in the county of Nassau, Long typewrittenentries thereon without reclamping the remaining leaves, and thenreplaced in the binder, the invention being particularly designed foruse with a work-supporting table forming an adjunct to a typewriting andcomputing machine stand. In certain kinds of work, as for example, insystems of bookkeeping wherein a loose-leaf ledger is employed, it isoften necessary'to remove a considerable number of the loose leaves, oneat a time from different parts of the book for making typewrittenentries thereon, each leaf being returned to its individual position inthe ledger before a succeeding leaf at some other part of the ledger isremoved. To enable such work to be carried on rapidly and accurately, itis highly supporting the ledger that it will be unnecessary either toclose it or lock the leaves therein when an individual leaf has beentemporarily removed. A loose-leaf ledger or binder of the usualconstruction cannot be left lying open on a table or support, as many ofthe leaves therein would become displaced by springing or being pulledoff the binding posts of the binder. If th book is closed when a leaf isremoved, considerable time is consumed in again opening the book to theproper position for returning the leaf that has been temporarilyextracted, and there is also liability of the leaf being returned to thewrong position in the binder. The above and other difficulties areovercome and the work of removing and re placing individual leaves isgreatly facilitated by the resent invention, wherein means are provic edfor supporting the looseleaf binder in the oblong pocket, comprisingsupports underneath the opening in the table and arranged to retain thebook in an only tion, the leaves remaining flat and being held by. theirown weight on the binding posts of the binder without any tendency tobecome displaced. With the binder so supported, any selected leaf may bewithdrawn for the purpose of making an entry thereon,

and the binder left open at the place from which such leaf has beenremoved, so that said leaf may be quickly returned to its po sition inthe binder and without any danger of its being placed at the wrongposition.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stand on which is mounted anUnderwood-Hanson adding and typewriting machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view,,partly broken away, of the work-holding leaf ortable forming an attachment of said stand.

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of partsshown in Fig; 1.

Fig. i is a detail sectional elevation of one of the book-supportingbrackets and a block forming a rest for the back of the book.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the book-supporting device, the bookbeing shown in broken lines.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the same.

The stand on which the combined typewriting and adding machine M ismounted, comprises a top 1 supported on uprights or legs 2, the latterbraced by horizontal bracerods 3. Work-supporting leaves or tables 4 maybe removably attached at opposite sides of the stand. Each table 4: issupported at its end adjacent the stand by means of hooks 5 engaging aforwardly and rearwardly 8X' tending bearing rod 6. The table is.supported in horizontal position by a U-shaped brace-rod 7 having ahinged connection by means of brackets 9 to the outer end of the table,the inner ends of said brace-rod enterswung downwardly about the rod 6as a pivot until the openings of the hooks 5 are in an upright positionwhen the hooks may be lifted off the rod, thereby freeing the table fromthe stand.

The means for holding a loose-leaf book while individual leaves thereofare removed to have entries made thereon by the machine M, may comprisea receptacle or pocket formed by crotches 10 and 11 suspended from thetable 42, preferably beneath a rectangular opening 12. The opening 12may be provided by cutting away a portion of the table to form one sideand end wall of the opening, the other side and end wall being for-medby an Lshaped metal strip 13, secured at its ends to the front and endof the table, said strip completing the rectangular outline of thetable.

The crotches or brackets 10 and 11 are secured by screws to the tableand the strip 13. The sides of the crotches are inclined to form restsfor the covers of the loose-leaf book B, and blocks 14f of wood or othersuitable material are secured by means of screws 16 in position to formsupports or a saddle for the back of the book, the upper surfaces ofsaid blocks being preferably curved to conform to the outline of thebook. lhe blocks may be formed with grooves 15 to receive the brackets.

When a leaf is removed from the book B to be placed on the machine, thebook is slipped back foremost into the pocket formed by the opening 12and crotches 10 and 11, the book being left open,'as indicated in Fig.6, at the point where the leaf has been removed. In this position theleaves are held by their own weight on the supporting pins in the. book,and thus prevented from accidental displacement. The book also remainsopen at the point where the leaf has been removed, so that said leaf maybe immediately replaced in its proper position when the required entryhas been made thereon.

The divergence of the side-walls of the pocket from the bottom up, issuiiicient to cause the loose leaves to lie on the side of the openingon which they are placed, but insufficient to bring the leaves to aposition which might cause them to spring 0E their supporting pins orpermit them to become displaced in the book. Ordinarily, when a leaf hasbeen returned, the book may be opened to a new position for removing asucceeding leaf without withdrawing the book from its pocket, the bookbeing so supported as to permit the leaves being turned without dangerof displacement in the book. The pocket also forms a convenientreceptacle for the book when not in use.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, andportions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

- 1. A table provided with means for holding a loose-leaf binder open atthe. boint where a leaf has been withdrawn, and for retaining againstaccidental disarrangement the unlocked leaves of the binder, comprisingan oblong pocket for supporting on edge the back part of the binderinserted in the pocket, said pocket having a saddle arranged to hold theback of the binder about centrally in the pocket, and the sides of thepocket being so disposed relatively to said saddlethat the binderinserted in the pocket is retained thereby nearly in closed condition,said sides being slightly separated to permit the upstanding covers andleaves to tilt outwardly only sufficiently to retain the leaves againsteither cover where they may be set, and thereby hold the binder open atthe point where the leaf is withdrawn.

2. A table provided with means for holding a loose-leaf binder open atthe point where a leaf has been withdrawn, and for retaining againstaccidental disarrangement the unlocked leaves of the binder, comprisingan oblong pocket for supporting on edge the back part of the binderinserted in the pocket, said pocket having a saddle arranged to hold theback of the binder about centrally in the pocket, and the sides of thepocket being so disposed relatively to said saddle that the binderinserted in the pocket is retained thereby nearly in closed condition,said sides being slightly separated to permit the upstanding covers andleaves to tilt outwardly only sufficiently to retain the leaves againsteither cover where they may be set, and thereby hold the binder open atthe point where the leaf is withdrawn, the portion of said table whichis provided with said pocket being hinged to swing down and bring saidpocket beneath the remaining portion of the table.

WELLINGTON H. KIDDER.

Witnesses 2 W. O. VVESTPI-IAL, JULIUs DUOKSTINE.

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Washington, D. G.

